IF WE SIMULATE IN 3D BEFORE SURGERY, COULD WE REDUCE PATIENT RISK?

WHAT CHALLENGE DOES BIOMODEX ADDRESS ?

Studies estimate the annual number of deaths due to medical errors in the hundreds of thousands, so there is great incentive to revise the way the medical profession gains knowledge and experience. Advances in 3D printing technology and virtual simulation are creating new opportunities to improve the quality of treatments and patient safety. 

DISCOVER BIOMODEX’S BREAKTHROUGH INNOVATION

French startup advances healthcare safety with 3D-printed CardioVascular and NeuroVascular organs

Biomodex’s mission is to use advanced software and 3D printers to fabricate cardiovascular andneurovascular life-like organs that can be used for medical training and pre-operative preparation to improve healthcare quality. Whereas other sectors have embraced 3D technology and simulation to optimize and predict real-life behavior, the medical industry has yet to fully take advantage of these advances, relying more on cadavers, mannequins and animals to revoluntionize approaches to healthcare

Biomodex targets three main areas:
•    Education: providing medical students with a catalog of virtual 3D models and 3D-printed organs to practice surgical procedures either through simulation or with life-like organs whose properties are similar to the real thing. 
•    Pre-op preparation: using MRI images or scans of a patient´s deficient organ to reproduce its exact twin, texture and thicknesses, allowing doctors to know what to expect and to perfect a surgical procedure before a live operation.
•    Medical device manufacturers: adding simulation and 3D printing capability to their implants to help providers increase first-time-right surgical success.

THE TEAM

BIOMODEX’S SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS 🌍

Biomodex ensures healthy lives and promotes well-being for all.  Their innovation will help improve health care safety by enabling practitioners and medical students to acquire knowledge and experience without putting patients at risk.

HOW DOES THE 3DEXPERIENCE LAB HELP BIOMODEX?

Biomodex has been involved in the 3DEXPERIENCE Lab program since 2015.

The 3DEXPERIENCE Lab provides Biomodex with access to its FabLab. The Biomodex team leverages the Dassault Systèmes´ applications for organ design and for the manufacture of its first prototypes.

Using data obtained through organ imaging via an MRI or scanner, Biomodex developed a process that helps automate the creation of a virtual 3D model of that organ, which can then be printed using a 3D printer.

COLLABORATIVE & COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE TO ENSURE SUCCESS

The areas Biomodex targets are:

• Education: scanning the different organs of the body and providing medical students with a catalogue of virtual 3D models and 3D-printed organs to practice surgical procedures either through simulation or with life-like organs whose properties are similar to the real thing.
• Pre-op preparation: by using MRI images or scans of a patient´s deficient organ to reproduce its exact twin, texture and thicknesses included, doctors will know what to expect and can perfect a surgical procedure before a live operation.
• Medical device manufacturers: adding simulation and 3D printing capability to their implants makes their offering more attractive to practitioners as it increases first-time-right surgical success.

KEY FACTS